Fresh Juice
Open in tool →Orange, mango and mint — a sugar rush; keep the type black so it stays legible under all that color.
Color
#182126
#182126
hex
#182126rgb
rgb(24, 33, 38)hsl
hsl(201, 23%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.241 0.016 232.6)Closest name: Sunken Ship (#10252a)Relative luminance 0.0142
Colors that go with #182126
Charcoal, Amber and Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #182126 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #182126 in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #182126, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #182126 in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Estate put Blush Pink beside #182126, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Typewriter put Brown beside #182126, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #182126, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #182126 in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #182126
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #182126 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.35:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.28:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #182126 as the background.
Brands using this color
- NFLaccent · #172029 · Δ0.8
- Boxtext · #151f26 · Δ0.93
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.237
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.237
- WhatsAppprimary · #1c1e21 · Δ1.276
- WhatsApptext · #1c1e21 · Δ1.276
- Audisecondary · #181d25 · Δ1.432
- Nokiatext · #1d1e20 · Δ1.432
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.472
- Airtableaccent · #181d26 · Δ1.479
- Wikipediaprimary · #202122 · Δ1.495
- Wikipediatext · #202122 · Δ1.495
- Qatar Airwaysprimary · #1f212b · Δ1.607
- Qatar Airwaystext · #1f212b · Δ1.607
- GitLabtext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.62
- Googletext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.62
- HubSpottext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.62
- Revoluttext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.62
- Bumbleprimary · #202020 · Δ1.623
- Bumbletext · #202020 · Δ1.623
- ClickUptext · #202020 · Δ1.623
- Lamborghiniprimary · #202020 · Δ1.623
- Lamborghinitext · #202020 · Δ1.623
- Figmatext · #1e1e1e · Δ1.724
- Coheretext · #212121 · Δ1.734
- Postmantext · #212121 · Δ1.734
- Rolextext · #212121 · Δ1.734
- SoFiprimary · #212121 · Δ1.734
- SoFitext · #212121 · Δ1.734
- Formula 1text · #1c1c25 · Δ1.823
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.893
- Acertext · #222222 · Δ1.931
- Airbnbtext · #222222 · Δ1.931
- AliExpressprimary · #222222 · Δ1.931
- AliExpresstext · #222222 · Δ1.931
- Nikonprimary · #222222 · Δ1.931
- Nikontext · #222222 · Δ1.931
Palettes built around it
Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Crayon Box
Open in tool →Red, teal and yellow at crayon saturation — joyful, but on white with black type so it stays readable for grown-ups.
Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Paper & Pine
Open in tool →Deep pine on paper-white with a marmalade accent — a quiet, sustainable-brand palette that isn't beige.
Graphite Mono
Open in tool →Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
Fonts for this mood
#182126 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #182126
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #182126 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/182126-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md